No More Surprise Medical Bills: 5 Things To Know about the No Surprises Act Taking Effect

  No More Surprise Medical Bills: 5 Things To Know about the No Surprises Act Taking Effect in 2022

New Year. New Law. Beginning January 1, 2022, new federal protections will shield millions of consumers from surprise medical bills. Surprise medical bills – unexpected bills from an out-of-network provider, out-of-network facility or out-of-network air ambulance provider – is common among those with private insurance. Nearly one in five patients who go to the emergency room, have an elective surgery, or give birth in a hospital receive surprise bills, with average costs ranging from $750 to $2,600 per episode. Learn about how the No Surprises Act can protect you from surprise medical billing. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Reference: https://www.hhs.gov/

‘Great Retirement’ in U.S. Is Driven by Female Baby Boomers

Snippet of Article: "...The so-called Great Retirement trend that saw workers leave the labor market -- whether forced or by choice -- was driven by baby boomers aged 65 and older, the regional Fed bank wrote in a recent blog post. ..."

Source: www.bloomberg.com

Welcome to Biden's inflation tax

Snippet of Article: "...Gas prices last year were up more than 50% in 2021. Used car prices more than 30%. Hotel and motel prices up more than 25%. Beef prices up 15% with chicken and pork up 10%. It’s hard to point to any items that have FALLEN in price over the past year. INFLATION SURGES 7% IN DECEMBER, HIGHEST RATE IN 40 YEARS..."

Source: www.foxbusiness.com

Idiot Fest 2022: Biden Admin Will Not Go To Border But He Can Piss On Georgia Bulldogs Win Rooting for Illegals to Vote and Alter Voting Rules

Georgia wins title Biden to back filibuster change in Georgia speech

Snippet of Article: "...President Joe Biden plans to use a speech in Georgia to throw his support behind changing the Senate’s filibuster rules...Stetson Bennett delivered the biggest throws of his storybook career and Georgia's defense sealed the sweetest victory in program history, beating Alabama 33-18 in the College Football Playoff for its first title in 41 years..."

Source: www.wfmz.com

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Although we are unconcerned the Biden/Harris Admin will live up to anything as they have kept very few promises at this point - The Federal Newgroup

Serious Discipline under Vaccine Mandate Now Allowed, but Course Uncertain

Snippet of Article: "...the new year brings the end of the waiting period the Biden administration imposed on serious disciplinary actions against federal employees not in compliance with the vaccine mandate, although uncertainty remains regarding how soon such actions might begin and how widespread they might be. ..."

Source: www.fedweek.com

Federal charter flights coming into LVIA are ‘similar’ to migrant children relocation efforts

Snippet of Article: "...As mayor of Hazleton for more than a decade, Barletta gained national prominence for accusing the federal government of failing to enforce immigration laws. His concerns about the flights echo those of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican officeholders in Tennessee. There, Republican Gov. Bill Lee refused a request by the Biden administration to house migrant children in Tennessee National Guard facilities. ..."

Source: www.lehighvalleylive.com

The Hiding of True Inflation

The fallacy of trusting inflation indexes

Snippet of Article: "...people’s personal consumption patterns vary from the national averages that weight price indexes. Vegetarians don’t sweat rising meat prices. Slobs like me don’t crab when men’s suits cost more. And anyone with generous health care coverage, as for military Tricare coverage as we have, feel little of the cost of rising prices for drugs and medical procedures. People with poor coverage, or none at all, can take enormous hits. A final common fallacy is to take an “inflation rate,” determined from household consumer prices, and use it to judge spending by an entirely different, non-household entity. ..."

Source: www.twincities.com

Migrants surge as confusion spreads on southern border

Snippet of Article: "...No one knows how, when, or where the Biden administration will re-implement former President Donald Trump’s Remain in Mexico program, but what is clear is that the surge of migrants illegally crossing the southern border is not going to end on its own, with another 173,600 illegal immigrants arrested this November. ...But the Biden administration has repeatedly fought this order, most recently losing yet another appeal just last week. ..."

Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com

Border Crisis: ‘Potential terrorist’ who crossed border in Oneida ambulance corps jacket nabbed

‘Potential terrorist’ who crossed border in Oneida ambulance corps jacket nabbed

Snippet of Article: "...A Saudi Arabian man described by a Border Patrol official as a “potential terrorist” was arrested in Arizona...“#USBP #YumaSector agents apprehended a potential terrorist who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico Thursday night,” Clem wrote. “The 21-year-old migrant from Saudi Arabia is linked to several Yemeni subjects of interest. #BorderSecurity is #NationalSecurity.”..."

Source: nypost.com

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Huawei is a national security threat

Biden admin says Huawei is 'national security threat'

Snippet of Article: "...Newly uncovered documents reportedly confirm long-standing suspicions that tech giant Huawei has been more deeply entangled with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) surveillance operations than it has previously admitted, the Post reports. ..."

Source: www.foxbusiness.com
More Reading: What Huawei products are sold in the United States and who is still selling them even though they are a national security threat?
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Apple’s Air Tags device could be used to track people unknowingly

Apple’s new device could be used to track people unknowingly

Get it on Amazon

Snippet of Article: "...AirTags, Apple’s tracking system for personal items, which launched in April, might be used to track people without their consent. ..."

Source: Android and iPhone Apps and News

Apple Air Tag on Amazon

More Reading: ‘Tracker Detect’ Android app to help users discover unknown nearby AirTags

COLAs and Timing Federal Retirement

Snippet of Article: "...a FERS retiree generally isn’t eligible for a COLA until reaching age 62. For FERS employees who aren’t eligible for a COLA during their first year or more on the annuity roll, their first COLA after becoming eligible will be for the full amount, no matter in which month that eligibility occurs. ..."

Source: www.fedweek.com

Who Is NSA Leaker Reality Winner? Former Federal Worker Says 'I Am Not a Traitor'

Snippet of Article: "...Winner, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contract worker who was given the longest federal prison sentence imposed for leaks to the news media back in August 2018, was released from prison to home confinement this year in June. Winner sent The Intercept, an online news publication..."

Source: www.newsweek.com

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GAO: Key Locality Pay Decisions Stalled by Lack of Biden Appointees

Snippet of Article: "...President Biden has thus far failed to appoint any members to the advisory body. ..."

Source: www.govexec.com

How Much is the FERS Annuity Really Worth?

Snippet of Article: "...The annuity is a big part of FERS, but what is it really worth to your overall retirement?..."

Source: www.fedsmith.com

Federal Workers About To Face Biden Mandatory Vaccine Mandates

Snippet of Article: "...two weeks remaining until the federal worker deadline, some leaders of unions representing the employees say that convincing the unvaccinated to change their mind is increasingly challenging...."

Source: www.claimsjournal.com

Federal Employee Salaries Lookup Tool

Snippet of Article: " Under open government transparency guidelines, information on public employees (including those employed by Federal, state, and municipal governments) is a matter of public record. FederalPay.org has created a powerful search tool that allows public access to the EHRI-SDM dataset, which contains records of most public employees of the United States' Federal Government. Information available through this dataset may include name, job title, duty station, and salary for most Federal civilian employees. Some individual's names have been withheld by the OPM or specific agencies for security reasons. While FederalPay attempts to provide this dataset as a public service, exactly as provided by the OPM, we cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the results provided ..."

Attribution: www.federalpay.org

Why So Secret? The Federal Reserve Hides Nearly All 23,000 Employee Salaries

Snippet of Article: "...While the salaries of federal employees are subject to transparency, the Federal Reserve – otherwise known as the Fed – is claiming that it has a right to keep 98.4-percent of its salaries secret..."

Source: www.forbes.com

Reddit: News, Information, & Discussion for Federal Employees

Snippet of Article: "...Are you a Federal Employee or contractor? This subreddit is for sharing news and information regarding the inner workings of the US Federal Government for Federal Employees. Fed news Government news Federal employment Federal employee Government employee..."

Source: www.reddit.com

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Biden Delays Trump's Remain in Mexico Order Until November

Biden to reimplement Trump's Remain in Mexico in November

Snippet of Article: "...It also plans to expand the types of asylum-seekers who will not be subjected to MPP..."

Source: thehill.com

Biden to water down remain in Mexico (MPP),

Racist Scumbag Troll Al Sharpton and Minions Attempt to Sow Seeds of Anti-White Racism at Border But America Has Had Enough

Al Sharpton's border trip descends into farce as he is heckled during 150-second speech

Snippet of Article: "...protesters in the crowd who attempted to drown him out. "How much money are you making? Why are you here advocating for violence? Del Rio is not a racist city. Del Rio is a loving, caring community," the men yelled. "We don’t want your racism in Texas. Get out of here. You’re a disgrace. You’re a racist. Nobody wants you in Texas. Nobody wants you in Texas..."

Source: yahoo.com

White House beginning to tell government agencies to prepare for a shutdown

Snippet of Article: "...The White House has started to tell government agencies to prepare for a potential government shutdown if a stopgap bill is not signed into law by Sept. 30. "We are taking every step we can to mitigate the impacts of a potential shutdown..."

Source: www.nbcnews.com

Biden violated his duties as president

Four House Republicans file impeachment articles against Biden over border and Afghanistan

Snippet of Article: "...explained that Biden's handling of the surge of illegal immigrants at the border and his attempts to extend the federal eviction moratorium constitute a failure to carry out his duties as president. "His willful negligence of the border crisis is a failure to maintain and defend American sovereignty..."

Source: www.foxnews.com

Federal workers’ vaccine mandate prompts confusion as the government struggles to return to offices

Snippet of Article: "...President Biden’s sweeping mandate to vaccinate millions of federal workers and contractors against the coronavirus left officials confronting how to carry it out amid a fusillade of workplace rules that could complicate — and lengthen — the process and further upend a government struggling to return to normal...allowing thousands of civil servants who are expected to refuse a vaccine to be paid to stay home..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com